Some important updates…
Deviating from the usual thematic reflections today to share some important news (and, yes, a little humble bragging)…
📘 The Wake of Expectations received its first editorial review earlier this month from The International Review of Books, earning the IRB’s Badge of Achievement.
Here are a few highlights from the review:
“This is a highly original and engaging journey into the life of one (seemingly average?) young man.”
“...raw and honest in a way that’s hard to look away from.”
“...a poignant meditation on adolescence, identity, and the often-painful process of growing up.”
“...the story resonates with clarity and meaning—and that, perhaps, is the clearest indication that it is a work of real merit.”
🔥 On top of that, The Wake of Expectations was just named a winner of the Firebird Book Awards in the Coming-of-Age category.
👉 See the full list of winners here.
🎉 And finally:
A Pleasant Fiction: A Novelistic Memoir—the sequel of sorts to The Wake of Expectations—is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Official release date is July 1, 2025.
A Pleasant Fiction eBook cover
👉 Click here to view the Amazon listing.
Huge thanks to the always excellent team at Miblart, who also designed the cover for Wake.
Javier
International Review of Books Badge of Achievement
